Unlike many of his swamp blues brethren, the evocatively monickered
Lonesome Sundown (the name was an inspired gift from
producer J.D. Miller) wasn't a Jimmy Reed disciple. Sundown's somber
brand of blues was more in keeping with the gruff sound of Muddy Waters.
The guitarist was one of the most powerful members of Miller's south
Louisiana stable, responsible for several seminal swamp standards on
Excello Records.

The former Cornelius Green first seriously placed his hands on a
guitar in 1950, Waters and Hooker providing early inspiration. Zydeco
pioneer Clifton Chenier hired the guitarist as one of his two axemen
(Phillip Walker being the other) in 1955. A demo tape was enough proof
for Miller -- he began producing him in 1956, leasing the freshly
renamed Sundown's "Leave My Money Alone" to Excello.

There were plenty more where that one came from. Over the next eight
years, Sundown's lowdown Excello output included "My Home Is a Prison,"
"I'm a Mojo Man," "I Stood By," "I'm a Samplin' Man," and a host of
memorable swamp classics preceded his 1965 retirement from the blues
business to devote his life to the church. It was 1977 before Sundown
could be coaxed back into a studio to cut a blues LP; Been Gone Too
Long, co-produced by Bruce Bromberg and Dennis Walker for the Joliet
imprint, was an excellent comeback entry but did disappointing sales
(even after being reissued on Alligator). Scattered live performances
were about all that was heard of the swamp blues master after that. ~
Bill Dahl, All Music Guide